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inhabitable

/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tə.bəl/
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Adverb:inhabitably
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1

Suitable or fit to live in; capable of sustaining human or animal life and habitation.

Example

"Astronomers continue to search for distant exoplanets that might have an inhabitable atmosphere."

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Word Nuance & Usage

Because the prefix "in-" here comes from the verb "inhabit" (meaning "in") rather than the negative prefix "in-" (meaning "not"), "inhabitable" is a direct synonym of "habitable"—just as "inflammable" means "flammable." Its opposite is "uninhabitable."

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ingrowing
ingrown
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inhabitant
inhabitation
inhabiter

Word Origin & Etymology

Adopted in Middle English from Old French enhabitable and Late Latin inhabitabilis ("fit to be lived in"), from Latin inhabitare ("to dwell in"). Confusion once existed because Classical Latin also used a homographic word, inhabitabilis, formed with the negative prefix in- to mean "uninhabitable."

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Inhabitable. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/inhabitable
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